David Pitt is a renowned storyteller and performer. In this talk he explains how a job as a carer for a war veteran led him to find the hat that that kickstarted his life as a storyteller.  Listen to the end of a brief taste of his expertise!

The Crow Man - How I Became a StoryTeller (The Tale of a Hat)

Eleanor Shaw is a renowned storyteller and performer, though before this talk had never told the story of how she became a storyteller. Here she gives a personal account of her journey and how storytelling has been an important part of her life.

Eleanor Shaw - My journey into storytelling

Dai Hankey is the founder of Manumit Coffee, a charity that help victims of human trafficking by giving them work in their Cardiff based roastery.  Day came to the Peg to share how and why he became involved in this important work.

Dai Hankey - Roasting Coffee for Better Lives

Jeff Towns is the owner of Dylan's Mobile Bookstore, and for many years owned Dylan's bookstore at various locations around Swansea town centre. A true Swansea legend, in this talk he discusses his life and times selling rare books to US Presidents and rock stars, and how he has become one of the world's authorities on Swansea's favourite son, Dylan Thomas.

Jeff Towns - What's in a Name

Violeta Mananes is a Macrobiotic chef and the founder of Macrovioletics. Since discovering the macrobiotic diet and its underlying principles of yin and yang, she has noticed dramatic improvements to her health and wellbeing. In this talk she shares some of her learning to help us all become more balanced and understand our bodies better.

Violeta Mananes - How we can Benefit from the Yin and Yang of Macrobiotics

Tim Batcup was one quarter of the band Liberty 37, a Swansea based rock outfit that broke the big time in the late 90s. Since then he has gone on to manage bands, write about music for Classic Rock mag and now runs a children's literacy charity, Storyopolis, aim at brining storytelling and creativity to children across all areas of the city.

Tim Batcup - My life in Swansea, Music and Writing

Peter Thabit Jones was born in Eastside Swansea and has become one of Wales' most renowned modern poets, with 16 published works and numerous writer in residence positions at various universities across the world. In this talk he discusses what he feels it means to be a poet.

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